Savagery, show and tell Dallas, Dan
The American psychologist,
04/1978, Volume:
33, Issue:
4
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Describes a brutal murder of a father by his 23-yr-old son that was witnessed by at least 50 elementary school children from kindergarten age through 6th grade on their way home for lunch. In ...anticipation of the event's emotional impact on the children, the school's counseling services went into action immediately. The services of the author, director of social services at a nearby hospital, were enlisted by the school administration to assist in the counseling of the pupils and their parents. Intervention techniques, reactions of the children and parents, and recommendations made to the families are described.
A questionnaire survey of 377 students' attitudes toward counseling at a predominantly Black university produced results similar to those reported for predominantly White campuses. The predisposition ...to seek out counseling services depended on the type of problem. Most Ss were willing to discuss with the counselor matters related to vocational and educational concerns; however, for personal adjustment problems there was significant decline in the frequency with which the counselor's help was sought.
This study had a purpose of aiming at the qualitative improvement of the schooling services and empowerment of the teachers, and examining about the complementing feature which could be demanded from ...the support staff. The support staff developed the support practice of the scholastic consultation at the counseling room which was installed in the public junior high school in the suburbs. Then, it examined the change about the perfection example of the activity and the interaction which accompanies this. That school counseling room setting, the viewpoint to examine a change was one about compatible to the room person, compatible to the teachers coming and it ordered this, dividing it in the first half and the latter period. As a result of the practice of the support staff, in the first half, the increase of the opportunity of the contact with the teachers and the adjustment and the diversification of the consultation contents were brought about whereas had improved the dependence of the teachers, too. Then, in the latter period, a division system had been laid between the teachers and the support staff. It considered empowerment of the teachers and a backup system at the counseling room and it added such a result about the attention point when utilizing a volunteer support staff, too.
